{"id":659,"date":"2023-04-18T03:37:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T03:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/?page_id=659"},"modified":"2025-06-12T01:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T01:50:43","slug":"life-fit-learning-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/?page_id=659","title":{"rendered":"Life-Fit-Learning Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Life-Fit-Learning Published Research Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palmer, B. R., Sluis, R., & Waters, A. M. (2025). Using physical activity guidelines to examine associations between self-reported physical activity and depression symptoms in adolescent girls. Australian Psychologist.<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00050067.2025.2475740<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waters, A. M., Sluis, R. A., Usher, W., Farrell, L. J., Donovan, C. L., Modecki, K. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Knox, C., Castle, M., & Hinchey, J. (2025). Mental health outcomes for teenage boys and girls following a youth sports development program including a mental health program. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10413200.2025.2495590<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waters, A. M., Sluis, R. A., Usher, W., Farrell, L. J., Donovan, C. L., Modecki, K. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Castle, M., & Hinchey, J. (2024). Reaching young people in urban and rural communities with mental health and wellbeing support within a youth sports development program: Integrating in-person and remote modes of service delivery. Child Psychiatry & Human Development.<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10578-023-01647-1<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finch, J., Waters, A. M., & Farrell, L. J. (2023). Developing the HERO within: Evaluation of a brief intervention for increasing Psychological Capital (PsyCap) in Australian female students during the final year of school in the first year of COVID-19.\u00a0Journal of Affective Disorders<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jad.2022.12.169<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waters, A. M., Gibson, L., Sluis, R. A., & Modecki, K. L. (2023). Using nightly sleep guidelines to address links between adolescents’ self-reported weekly sleep patterns and anxiety and depression symptoms. Child Psychiatry & Human Development.<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10578-023-01610-0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waters, A. M., Sluis, R. A., Farrell, L. J., Donovan, C. L., Elvin, O. M., Rossow, N., van den Muyzenberg, J., Dowell, T. L., Ryan, K. M., Finch, J., Usher, W., Modecki, K. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Spence, S. H. (2022). Examining the process of implementing a three-step mental health and wellbeing system of care for children and adolescents across multiple community settings. Child Psychiatry & Human Development<\/em>, 53<\/em>(4), 822-839. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10578-021-01184-9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waters, A. M., Sluis, R. A., Ryan, K. M., Usher, W., Farrell, L. J., Donovan, C. L., Modecki, K. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Castle, M., & Hinchey, J. (2022). Evaluating the Implementation of a Multi-Technology Delivery of a Mental Health and Wellbeing System of Care Within a Youth Sports Development Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Behaviour Change<\/em>, 1-12. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/bec.2022.17<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waters, A. M., Sluis, R. A., Usher, W., Farrell, L. J., Donovan, C. L., Modecki, K. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Castle, M., & Hinchey, J. (2022). Kick-starting youth wellbeing and access to mental health care: Efficacy of an integrated model of care within a junior sports development program. Behaviour Research and Therapy<\/em>, 157<\/em>, 104166. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.brat.2022.104166<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dowell, T. L., Waters, A. M., Usher, W., Farrell, L. J., Donovan, C. L., Modecki, K. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Castle, M., & Hinchey, J. (2021). Tackling mental health in youth sporting programs: a pilot study of a holistic program. Child Psychiatry & Human Development<\/em>, 52, 15-29. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10578-020-00984-9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elvin, O. M., Modecki, K. L., Finch, J., Donnolley, K., Farrell, L. J., & Waters, A. M. (2021). Joining the pieces in childhood irritability: Distinct typologies predict conduct, depressive, and anxiety symptoms. Behaviour Research and Therapy<\/em>, 136<\/em>, 103779. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.brat.2020.103779<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finch, J., Farrell, L. J., & Waters, A. M. (2020). Searching for the HERO in youth: Does psychological capital (PsyCap) predict mental health symptoms and subjective wellbeing in Australian school-aged children and adolescents?. Child Psychiatry & Human Development<\/em>, 51<\/em>, 1025-1036. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10578-020-01023-3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life-Fit-Learning Published Research Papers Palmer, B. R., Sluis, R., & Waters, A. M. (2025). Using physical activity guidelines to examine associations between self-reported physical activity and depression symptoms in adolescent girls. Australian Psychologist. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00050067.2025.2475740 Waters, A. M., Sluis, R. A., Usher, W., Farrell, L. J., Donovan, C. L., Modecki, K. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Knox, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-659","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}